SUMMATIVE TEST: NERVOUS SYSTEM

I.MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. This system that controls and coordinates all body activities through electrical impulses or messages
between brain, spinal cord and nerves?
a. Nerve b. Neuron c. Nervous System d. Endocrine System
2. Which of the following is not a component of Central Nervous System?
a. Brain b. Spinal Cord c. Spinal Nerves d. Cerebellum
3. Which of the following describes the function of nervous system?
a. It exchange gases.
b. It removes waste in our body.
c. It regulates body responses to internal and external stimuli.
d. It transported nutrients, blood and other materials to the different parts of the body.
4. This structure connects and help pass information between the two hemispheres of the brain.
a. Fissure c. Sulcus
b. Longitudinal Fissure d. Corpus Callosum
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5. Which part of nervous system subdivision that is composed of the cranial nerves and spinal nerves?
a. Nervous System c. Peripheral Nervous System
b. Central Nervous System d. Wired Nervous System
6. Which is NOT true about the nervous system?
a. It involves in the exchange of gases. c. It is assisted by the five sense organs.
b. It has two major divisions. d. It has basic unit structure called nerve cells.
7. Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for controlling muscles and maintaining balance?
a. Cerebrum b. Cerebellum c. Brain Stem d. Frontal Lobe
8. A bundle of wire-like nerves and cells that carries signals between the brain and the rest of the body?
a. Axon b. Spinal Cord c. Dendrites d. Muscle Fiber
9. What part of the brain that controls your sensations, speech and reading?
a. Parietal Lobe b. Frontal Lobe c. Occipital Lobe d. Temporal Lobe
10. What might happen to the human body if one part of the nervous system fails to carry out its function
properly?
a. It will function normally. c. The whole body is affected.
d. Only the affected parts will malfunction. d. nothing will happened.

II. CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Directions: Complete the puzzle. Use the clues to help you fill in the boxes with the correct words.

ACROSS
5. A cell that carries messages between the brain and other parts of the body.
7. The part of the brain connecting it to the spine and controls breathing and heart rate.
8. A bundle of nerves enclosed in the spine that connects the body to the brain.
9. The largest part of the brain controlling higher order thinking and decision making.
10. A bulb at the end of a neuron where neurotransmitter molecules are released to the
next cell.
12. The space where a signal passes from one nerve cell to another.

DOWN
1. The part of a neuron that sends impulses towards other cells.
2. An insulating covering surrounding an axon that allows electrical impulses to travel
faster.
3. The organ that is the main control center of the nervous system.
4. Short branches of a neuron that receive impulses from other cells.
6. The part of the brain at the back of the skull controlling body movements and balance.
11. A collection of neurons that allow impulses to travel through the body.